An air strike; believed to be American, has destroyed the Al-Andalus radio station; the main media platform for Somalia’s al-Shabab group in the city of Jilib in Middle Juba region, south of the country.

Thailand’s foreign ministry on Monday said it had complained to the producers of a U.S. television show, “Madam Secretary”, regarding the portrayal of the country’s monarchy in an episode aired this month.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Tehran on Monday to become the first Western top diplomat to visit the country after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. Discussing the future of the nuclear deal, as well as regional and international issues will be on the agenda of his talks with the Iranian officials.

Iraqi President Barham Salih has announced that his country has agreed to establish a “free-trade zone” along its border with Iran, following a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.

After the United States failed to realize its dream of cutting Iranian oil exports down to zero by November 4, it’s continuing to pressures Iran’s costumers to do as much as it can in this regard. Iranian officials, however, say that the country will find ways to preserve its status in the energy market and US pressures will lead to nowhere.

The MetroPOLL polling company’s Pulse of Turkey survey in October bore striking results on several of the most urgent issues facing the country, including the economy, domestic and foreign policy and the upcoming local elections.

As part of its policy of maximizing pressures on Iran, the United States is seeking to put restrictions on international transit of Iranian oil. In response, the Islamic Republic has resorted to the international legal bodies for protection, while warning that its military might will deter those who want to threaten the country’s interests.

South Korea’s SK Innovation said Tuesday it is preparing to resume imports of South Pars condensate from Iran for early January delivery after the country secured a US sanctions waiver, but would also continue to diversity its sources of crude and condensate supply.

In the wake of the new round of US sanctions against Iran, aimed at targeting the country’s oil industry and banking system, the leader of the Islamic Republic appears defiant, saying that the American pressures will lead to nowhere and Iran has always been the victor in its face-offs with the US.

Despite officially announcing the return of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran, the US administration has stopped short of its end game plan for cutting Iran’s oil exports down to zero and grants sanction waivers to a number of Iran’s costumers. Meanwhile, Tehran downplays the new round of sanctions, underlining that the country has no worries in this regard.

A Lion Air flight with at least 188 people on board is believed to have sunk after crashing into the sea off Indonesia’s island of Java on Monday, shortly after take off from the capital on its way to the country’s tin-mining hub, officials said.